Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun prp] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action of a single tyrant may be more potent to inflict suffering on the continent of Europe than a combination of less powerful persons . ’ |
| 2 | Spanish onions bought at a wholesale market in Birmingham were being unloaded at a depot near Evesham in Worcestershire when a worker noticed a cardboard parcel stuffed between the bags . |
| 3 | Oliver 's tone , shocked , febrile , had about as much effect on Emmie as a quotation from Habeas Corpus would have on a crowd of hungry cannibals . |
| 4 | In Argentina , he was betrayed by his car , but after a bad fright in practice at Kyalami when a wheel came off , he came in second behind Denny Hulme after race-leader Jackie Stewart lost all the oil in his gear-box . |
| 5 | In an ideal integrated scheme , cultural controls ( changes in farming habits ) and biological controls would largely supplant pesticides ; in practice , chemical control continues to be an essential component of IPM when a pest population has to be reduced rapidly to minimise financial loss . |
| 6 | Norma clearly recalls one day during the Battle of Britain when a number of airmen left their overcoats at the Alma , thinking they would survive the night 's mission . |
| 7 | Within a single ontological cluster C one can use all the elements of S to distinguish subclasses of C. When a training set TS is a subset of C , and all the tests made on instances use only functions and predicates from S , then the invented clusters are called simple . |
| 8 | Witnesses said the bus , carrying 49 Britons on a day trip from Cyprus , was driving through an underpass on the main road leading to the Pyramids of Giza when a man dropped the bomb from a bridge above . |
| 9 | He had been in a pub in Hammersmith when a hypnotist jumped on to a low podium and put on a show . |
| 10 | Kelly , five , underwent surgery at Kings College Hospital following a dash from her home in Maghull when a donor became available . |
| 11 | According to chief executive David Michels , the development is likely to take place in Glasgow although a location in another Scottish city is under consideration . |
| 12 | A knife was , after all , a more likely weapon in London than a gun . |
| 13 | FISTS OF FIRE FRANK Bruno was yesterday promising a hot time for his next opponent Pierre Coetzer at a Press conference in London when a fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated . |
| 14 | Police were called to the shop in Southampton after a passer-by spotted Urben lowering himself through the roof into the showroom . |
| 15 | I pretend I do n't notice — which is as much use with Jancey as a trellis against a gale . |
| 16 | Millns , who has signed a new five-year contract at Grace Road , was under scrutiny by England manager Micky Stewart during a victory over Essex before a foot injury struck him down , but he can not have done his claims much harm with 5 for 67 to make him — at that time — the country 's leading wicket-taker . |
| 17 | Other events this weekend include Hoylake Sailing Club 's Conway Race and an Optimist Open Meeting at West Kirby on Saturday while a team race between Royal Mersey and Royal Anglesey at Rock Ferry is scheduled for Sunday . |
| 18 | The deputy chairman of the council of ministers , Boris Shcherbina , forbade evacuation of the countryside around Chernobyl until a government commission had arrived from Moscow . |
| 19 | SOME TIME AGO , DAVID BAILEY was travelling with the artist Brian Clarke on a train from Nice to Milan when a Frenchman , carrying a newspaper , entered their compartment and sat down . |
| 20 | Iran on Oct. 7 protested to the government of Pakistan after a crowd attacked the Iranian consulate in Peshawar . |
| 21 | The rule does lack conviction when poorly interpreted , as was the case when the umpire at square leg ‘ called ’ Prabhakar at Adelaide after a ball passed just over the batsman as he ducked . |
| 22 | The living system thus contains a constant amount of C. When a plant dies it absorbs no more C and that already present begins to decay . |
| 23 | We wish to make the following points to SMT before a decision is made : |
| 24 | There is , however , obviously a great deal more to the history of Siberia than a catalogue of criminality and cold . |
| 25 | RUGBY LEAGUE came out of the north of England because a number of Yorkshire and Lancashire businessmen thought that talented lads should be compensated for time they took off from the pit or the plant . |
| 26 | This obviously represents only a proportion of criminal activity in Britain since a number of crimes remain undetected and a number of offenders are not convicted . |
| 27 | The brothers were at Finsbury Park station on their way from Heathrow when a youth , who had been wandering aimlessly , pulled a knife and stabbed Jonathan . |
| 28 | The road continues south , climbing over a rise with a good retrospective view of the full length of Kingsdale and then makes a long descent to Thornton in Lonsdale after a branch turns off to the right for the A65 at Westhouse . |
| 29 | Joining the House of Lords as a life peer only in 1963 , he became Lord Chancellor in the following year when the Labour Administration was formed , remaining in office until 1970 . |
| 30 | He sits in the House of Lords as a cross-bencher and is active in debates , particularly on environmental issues . |